Railway-tie.



if. R. DOOLEY,

RAILWAY m. APPLICATION TILED MAR-15, 1913. I 1,073,030. Patented Sept. 9, 1913. I 2 SHEETSSHBET 1.

J. R DOOLEY.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 191s.

Patehted Sept. 9, 1913.

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s eeificauan er Letters rtent.

eaten-tea sept. e, 1913.

Application filed iViarcli is; 1913'. serial 1a. 754,413.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .IosErH R. DOOLEY, a .citize'n of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailwayTies, of which the following is a specification. V

The present invent'on'relates to improvements in ties for railway rails and to means for securing the rails uponthe ties.

In carrying out my invention I propose to construct a tie of reinforced concrete,

rail is effectively secured upon the tie and cushioned thereon so that the shock inci dent to the rolling stock passing over the rail is effectively absorbed, and danger. of injury to the tie and rail reduced to a minimum if not entirely overcome; V y A .I also propose to improve and. simplify the construction of devices of this character so that the same will embody the desirable features ofsimplicity of construction, cheapness, ease of application, as well as thorough eflectiveness for the purpose for which it is designed.

Asis wellknown in the art, ordinary reinforced plastic ties have met with little success for the reason that they have been unable to withstand the shock and jar incident to the rolling stock passing thereover for the reason that the same are not from their construction, permitted. a su'flicient amount of resiliency which willabsorb the said shock and jar. This is also true of the metallic ties. 'With the general construction ofeither plastic or metallic ties, the means for sustaining the rails upon the ties also have not been found efie'ctive.

Inv some instances the securing means are not only complicated, but require a great amount of time as well as a thorough acquaintance with each of the separate parts before the same can be properly applied to the ties, andowing to thenon resiliency of the ties heretofore alluded to, the securing means have been found unreliable and easily brokenor loosened from the tie and thus entirely lose their efiectiveness.

It may therefore be considered the primary. object of my invention to provide in combination with a metal or reinforced plastic tie, a novel rail fastening and shock absorbing means, which will hold the rail firmly under all conditions and at the same time absorb, all the shock transmitted to the rail by the heavy loaded cars as well as arranging and constructing the fastening means so that the same will at all times automatically adjust themselves to secure engagement with the rails when the absorbmg means have been Worn or depressed. steel or thevlike with means whereby the With the above recited objects in view,

and others which will be apparent as the nature of the improvement is more fully understood, the. invention resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of the appended claims;

The essential features of the invention involved in carrying out the objects above referred to are necessarily susceptible of embodiment in various forms of construction without departing from the scope of the invention, but certain preferred and practical embodiments are exemplified by the accompanying drawings,- in which:

Figure l is', a perspectiveview of a rail tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, and illustrating a rail in locked position thereon, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional View. through the same, Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the tie, the cushionand rail securing nieans being removed, Fig. t is a perspective view of one of the rail clamps, and its co-acting hook bolt, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the cushion members.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the tie. The tie, in the present instance, is constructed of reinforced concrete, but it may be here stated that itisto be understood that I am not to be limited to the material from which the tie is formed, as thesa'id tie may be made of metal, either solid or hollow, or of any other material which i's found desirable. The tie 1 is preferably of the ordinary recta-ngular formation,- and has its upper face flat and horizontally straight. The tie adjacent its opposite ends is formed with a air of sjaced transversel arran ed vertiare inclined outwardly, as at 4:, from the central portion 5 thereof, the said central portion being substantially rectangular and having its outer face arranged substantially in a plane parallel with the outer edges pro vided by the inclined walls l. The face of the tie between the rectangular portions 5 of the flanges 2 and 3 is preferably depressed to provide a pocket 6, and embedded within the tie and straddling the longitudinal walls provided by the pocket 6, is a central staple 7 as well as staples 8, each of which being arranged a suitable distance away from the central staple and away from the outer face of the central portion 5 of the ribs or flanges 2 and 3. The end walls of the pocket 6 may be, and preferably are, curved toward the bottom wall of the said pocket, and the said end walls having their upper portions arranged in a plane with the inner faces of the members 5 of the ribs. By providing the ribs with the inclined faces or walls 4 it will be noted that I have provided the tie with substantially dove-tailed pockets that are disposed to the opposite sides of the clepression or pocket 6, and these dove-tailed pockets or compartments are adapted to receive each a cushion member, in the nature of a block 9. The blocks 9 each has its opposite sides inclined from its inner face toward its outer face to co-incide with the inclined walls 4, and the inner faces of the blocks also abut with the angular or longitudinal walls of the projections or portions 5 of the ribs 2 and 3. By such an arrangement it will be noted that an outward movement of the blocks 9 from their respective compartment or pocket is effectively prevented, as is also an inward movement of either of said blocks. constructed of any desired or preferred material which embodies a sufficient amount of resiliency to absorb the shock to the rails 11 (which are adapted to rest upon the said blocks) incident to the rolling stock passing over the tie.

In order to effectively sustain the rails uponthe cushion members and also to retain the said cushion members within their pockets against vertical movement, I provide clamps l0 and 11. These clamps are each of a similar formation having an inclined body 12 and an inturned lip 13. The bodies 12 are adapted to be arranged between the rods 8 and the vertical faces of the portions 5 of the ribs, while the angu- The blocks may be an angle and passing through suitable open ings 16 provided in a flattened portion of each of the members 10 and 11 disposed be tween its lip 13 and itsbody 12. The threaded shanks of the bolts are adapted for the reception of securing nuts 17, and the said shanks directly underlie the base flanges of the rail, so that should the cushion blocks becomeworn and the rail exert its full weight upon the hook bolts, the same will force the lips 13 of the members '10 and 11 more tightly into'engagementwith the flanges of the rails, and thus it will be noted that the securing elements automatically adjust themselves to any wear upon the cushion blocks. I V

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those'skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a rail tiehaving its upper face provided with spaced ribs, the inner central portions of which being substantiallyrectangular and the inner walls being inclined from the rec tangular portion to the outer edges of the ribs, cushion blocks for the rails, said cushionblocks having angular edges which are adapted to engage with the angular'walls of the ribs and to abut against the sides of'the rectangular central portions of the ribs, rail clamps having inclined jaws which are adapted to contact with the inner faces-of the central rectangular portions of the ribs,

members loosely and removably' connected with the tie and arranged at an angle'thereto and adjustably connected with the clamps, and the said inclined members being disposed directly below the lower longitudinal edges of the base flange of the tie.

2. In a device for the purposeset forth,

a rail tie having spaced ribs, the inner walls I of which being inclined toward the center of said ribs, and the central portion of each inclined sides engaging with the inclined walls of the ribs and abutting with the cenranged olampsQbolt members for the hooks, tral rectangular portion of the ribs, clamp and the said hooks adapted to lie directly members having their body portions disbelow the longitudinal edges of the base posed between the rods adjacent the central flanges of the rail. 5 portions of the ribs and the said central In testimony whereof I atfix my signature 15 portions of the ribs, said clamps having in presence of two witnesses. angular .rail engaging lips, hook bolts en- JOSEPH R. DOOLEY.

gaging the central bar of the tieand dis- Witnesses: posed at opposite angles to the tie and pass- F. M. DooLnY, 10 ing through openings in the oppositely ar- J. D. DOOLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five dents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G." 

